Iran and the challenge of diversity : Islamic fundamentalism, Aryanist racism, and democratic struggles / Alireza Asgharzadeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asgharzadeh, Alireza.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Iran--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Iran.

Cultural pluralism--Iran.

Pan-Iranism.

Iran--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 249 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This book explores the origination, development, and continuation of the racist ideas in Iran. The author interrogates the racist construction of Aria and Aryanism in an Iranian context, arguing that these concepts gave the Indo-European speaking Persian ethnic group an advantage over Iran' s non-Persian nationalities and communities. Multidisciplinary in its historical, sociological, and political research, this study offers a significant treatment of diversity as a major socio-political issue that will determine social, cultural, and political developments in Iran.

Contents:

Introduction : establishing the boundaries

The journey between theory and practice : text, context, and language

Planting the seeds of racism : diversity and the problematic of orientalist historiography

The flourishing of racist ideology : from Pahlavi monarchism to the Islamic republic

Reinforcing racism : the dominant discourse and praxis

Resisting racism : the counterhegemonic discourse and praxis

Conclusions : politics of assimilation and the challenge of diversity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-243) and index.

ISBN:

1403980802

9781403980809

OCLC:

71949154

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